State law 50 P.S. 7111 prohibits the use of all patient
mental health records.

The Pennsylvania Hospital closes non-mental health patient
records for 100 years. Records older than 100 years are open
for researchers to view. All non-patient related material
is closed for 75 years from its creation. Certain restrictions
might still apply on specific records.

Case Histories, 1873 - 1927, in 254 volumes. Binder's
title: Pennsylvania Hospital Reports. Detailed patient charts
bound together in order of admission, with some irregularities.
Early volumes include index to diseases, bound in front.

Between April 1878 and April 1881, medical microfilmed and surgical
cases were bound in separate volumes. They were in chronological
order, the surgical volumes preceding the medical volumes; thus,
they are listed out of their proper numerical sequence.